Vikander tells British Vogue for its August cover story that she wanted to sit next to Fassbender at the 2016 Oscars, despite usually valuing privacy when it comes to their relationship.

“That wasn’t even a question,” she says of her spot next to the actor at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. “It felt like the right thing. We wanted to sit next to each other, simple as that. We wouldn’t have gone there and not sat together.”